Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS
Quezon City, Metro Manila
JUDGE JUAN LUNA HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS
FIRST PERIODICAL TEST SY 2022-2023

Directions: Write the letter of your choice on your answer sheet. All answers must be in its simplest form.

1. It is a list of things (usually in numbers) arranged according to a certain rule.

A. arithmetic B. geometric C. sequence D. series

2. What is the missing term in the sequence a, 1, 2, b, 3, 4, ___, 5, 6, …?

A. c B. d C. e D. f

3. In an arithmetic sequence 8, 6, 4, … what is the next term?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

4. Find the arithmetic mean between 10 and 26.

A. 8 B. 10 C. 18 D. 26

5. In the sequence, {5, 9, 13, …} what is the 6th term?

A. 13 B. 17 C. 21 D. 25

6. Which of the following sequence is geometric?

A. 1, 7, 13, … C. -3, -1, 1, …
B. 2, 6, 18, … D. 32, 29, 26, …

7. Given these 2 sets of sequence, A = {2, 10, 50, …} and B = {-3, 2, 7, …}, what can you say about the two
sequences?
A. sequence A is an arithmetic sequence while sequence B is a geometric sequence
B. sequence A is a geometric sequence while sequence B is an arithmetic sequence
C. both sequences are arithmetic sequence
D. both sequences are geometric sequence

8. Find the geometric mean between 4 and 16.

A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. 16

9. What is the sum of the first 5 terms in the sequence 2, 6, 18, …?

A. 143 B. 134 C. 132 D. 123

10.Which of the following is the correct set up when 2 x3 −18 x +5 x 2−45 is divided by x−3 by synthetic
division?
A. 3 2 -18 5 - 45 C. 3 2 5 -18 - 45

B. – 3 2 -18 5 - 45 D. – 3 2 5 -18 - 45

x2 −25
11.Divide .
x +5
A. x−25 B. x−5 C. x +5 D. x +25

12.If a polynomial x +1 is a factor of 10 x 2+ x 3−x −10, then P(−1) is equal to

A. – 2 B. – 1 C. 1 D. 0

13.What is the remainder when x 15 −x 10+ x 3−2 x +3 is divided by x−1?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
14. Give the first 3 sequence determined by a n=2 n+1
A. {3, 5, 7} B. {2, 4, 6} C. {-2, 0, 2} D. {1, 2, 3}

15. In an arithmetic sequence {3 , 5 , 7 , … } what is the common difference?

A. – 1 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

16. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 5 and whose last term is
40.
A. 225 B. 200 C. 450 D. 400

17. Which of the following situation demonstrates geometric sequence?

A. Rosa saves a fixed amount from her daily allowance.
B. A growth of bacteria from a culture doubles every minute.
C. During a free-fall a skydiver jumps 15 feet, 26 feet and 37 feet on the first, second and third fall
respectively.
D. A new square is formed by joining the midpoints of the consecutive sides of a square 8 inches on a
side.
18. Which of the following sequence in NOT geometric sequence?
A. {-2, - 4, - 8, …} B. {3, 6, 12, …} C. {2, 6, 18, …} D. {2, 7, 12, …}

19. What is the next term in the geometric sequence 4, -12, 36, . . .?
A. -42 B. -54 C. -72 D. -108

20. Find the sum of the first 5 terms of the sequence 3, 6, 12, . . .
A. 93 B. 94 C. 95 D. 96

21. What is the quotient when x4 + x3 + 1 is divided by x + 1?

2 1 2 1
A. x2 + B. x2 + C. x3 + D. x3 +
x+1 x+1 x+1 x+1

22. Find the remainder when P(x) = 3x3 – 2x2 + 2x – 5 divided by (x + 1).
A. -12 B. 12 C. - 8 D. 8

23. What is the value of x in the sequence 56 , 51 , x , 41 , …?

A. 50 B. 48 C. 46 D. 44

24. In the geometric sequence {2, 6, 18, …}, what is the common ratio?
A. – 3 B. – 2 C. 2 D. 3

25. Which of the following demonstrates an arithmetic sequence?

A. One stormy day, the Department of education suspends the classes in all levels from elementary to
high school. The principal gives instructions to the teachers to announce it through text brigade, each
of whom should send to two teachers and/or students and so on.
B. Maria saves Php 500 pesos every month into her bank account.
C. The value of a car depreciates 20% every year.
D. A pendulum swings 10% shorter that its previous swing.

26. If three geometric means are inserted between 1 and 256, what is the third geometric mean?
A. 64 B. 32 C. 16 D. 4

27. Given the problem “During the initial phase of an outbreak of COVID 19, the number of infections
doubles every day. If there were 5, 10, 20, … infected on the first three days.” What kind of sequence is
being demonstrated by the problem?
A. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Geometric D. Harmonic

28. With refer in #27, How many will be infected on the fifth day?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 40 D. 80

29. Find the quotient of x 3−25 x+ 3 x 2−75 and x +3.

A. x−5 B. x +5 C. x 2−25 D. x 2+ 25
30. With refer to #29, if P( x )is divided by x−r by synthetic division, what is the value of r ?
A. – 3 B. – 2 C. 2 D. 3
31. What is the remainder when P(x) = 2x3 + 3x2 - 5x – 12 is divided by x – 3?
A. 56 B. 55 C. 54 D. 53

32. Find the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 6, 4, 2, 0, . . .

A. ½ B. 1 C. 2 D. – 2

33. A car travels 200 m the first minute, 260 m the next minute, 320 m the third minute and so on. This
problem is an example of what sequence?
A. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Geometric D. Harmonic

34. With refer to #33, What is the total distance traveled after 5 minutes?
A. 1300 m B. 1400 m C. 1500 m D. 1600 m

35. What is the 10th term of the arithmetic sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, . . .?

A. 27 B. 29 C. 28 D. 31

36. With refer to #35, what is the sum of the first 10 terms?
A. 155 B. 160 C. 165 D. 170

37. What is the common ratio of the geometric sequence 8, -4, 2, -1 . . .?

A. 3 B. 2 C. -1/2 D. ½

38. What is nth term of the arithmetic sequence 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, . . .?
A. an = 3n + 4 B. an = 4n + 3 C. an = n + 2 D. an = 2n + 5

1 1 1
39. Find the sum of the infinite geometric sequence 1 , , , , …
2 4 8
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D.

40. What is the remainder when P(x) = x³ - 12x² - 6x + 7 is divided by x−1?

A. -10 B. 10 C. – 11 D. 0

41. Which of the following sequence is infinite geometric?

1 1 1
A. 3 , 6 , 9 , … B. 20 , 10 ,5 , … C. 1 , , , , … D. 5 , 10 ,20 , …
3 9 27

42. Divide P ( x ) =2 y 3 +5 y 2−3 by x +1 by synthetic division.

A. 2 x2 +3 x−3 B. 2 x2 −3 x −3 C. 2 x2 −3 x +3 D. 2 x2 +3 x +3

43. Find the 4th term of a geometric sequence whose 1st term is 7 and the common ratio is 3.
A. 187 B. 188 C. 189 D. 190

44. The following sequence are geometric EXCEPT

A. 48 ,24 ,12 , … B. −2 , 6 ,−18 , … C. 2 , 8 ,32 , … D. 5 , 9 , 13 ,…

45. Find the geometric mean between 4 and 16.

A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 16

46. Using factor theorem, identify which of the following is a factor of P ( x ) =x16 −2 x−3 .
A. x−1 B. x +1 C. x +2 D. x +3

47. Which of the following situation is an application of geometric sequence in real life?
A. Saving a fixed amount of money every week
B. A car travels a fixed distance every minute
C. The number of bacteria in a culture which doubles every hour
D. A school auditorium has the following seats 17 on the first row, 22 on the second row, 27 on the third
row and so on
For numbers 48 – 50. Aling Rosa’s sales from her mini store on the first day is Php 500. She sets a goal to
increase her daily sales by Php 100. If Aling Rosa’s goal is met, what is her total sales at the end of the 10th day?

48. What kind of sequence is being demonstrate by the situation?

A. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Geometric D. Harmonic

49. Which of the following equation is needed to solve the problem?

10
A. a 10=5 00+ ( 10−1 ) 100 C. S10= [2 ( 5 00 ) + ( 10−1 ) 100]
2
10
B. a 10=5 00−( 10+1 ) 100 D. S10 = [2 ( 5 00 )− (10+ 1 ) 100]
2

50. How much is Aling Rosa’s sales on the 10th day?

A. Php 9,000 B. Php 9,100 C. Php 9,300 D. Php 9,500

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." -Thomas

Jefferson